Site work for a water / sewer project in Merced, California. Completed plans call for site work for a water / sewer project.

General Description of Work The work includes installing and sealing a 50-foot conductor casing and drilling a 700-foot deep pilot hole using the reverse rotary drilling method, conducting electric logging, zone isolation and water quality sampling at various depths in the pilot hole, and abandoning the pilot hole. The test hole shall then be destroyed as per Merced County and California Well Standards. Each bid shall be submitted on a form furnished as part of the Contract Documents and must be accompanied by cash, a cashier's check, a certified check, or a bidder's bond executed by an admitted surety insurer, or substitute pursuant to Section 995.710 of the Code of Civil Procedure, in an amount not less than 10% of the amount of the bid, made payable to the order of or for the benefit of the Owner. The security of unsuccessful bidders will be returned by the Owner no later than 60 days following the date of award. Each bid shall be sealed and delivered to the Owner at the location designated in this notice for the opening of proposals at or before the time in this notice provided. The check or bond or substitute shall be given as security that the bidder will enter into a contract with the Owner and furnish the required payment and performance bonds, or substitutes in lieu thereof, and certificates of insurance and endorsements if awarded the work, and will be declared forfeited if the bidder refuses to timely enter into said contract or furnish the required bonds or substitutes, or certificates of insurance and endorsements if his bid is accepted. Ballico Community Services District has obtained from the Director of the California Department of Industrial Relations a determination of the general prevailing rate of per diem wages and the general prevailing rate for legal holiday and overtime work in the locality in which said is to be performed for each craft, classification, or type of worker needed. Not less than the determined rates shall be paid to all workers employed in the performance of the contract. Such rates of wages are on the file with the Department of Industrial Relations and in the office of the Owner and are available to any interested party upon request. In accordance with the provisions of Section 1770 of the Labor Code, the Director of the Department of Industrial Relations of the State of California has ascertained the general prevailing rate of wages and employer payments for health and welfare, pension, vacation, travel time and subsistence pay as provided in Section 1773.8, apprenticeship or other training programs authorized by Section 3093, and similar purposes applicable to the work to be done. These rates shall be a part of the Contract and are available to any interested person from the California Department of Industrial Relations and can be viewed online. The Contractor must ensure that employees and applicants for employment are not discriminated against because of their race, color, religion, sex or national origin. The project is being funded by a Proposition 1 grant and will be subject to all applicable State Wage Determinations and Labor Compliance Requirements. Contractor must possess a state license that is current, active and in good standing as well as no disbarment from working on state projects. The State's Prevailing Wage Determinations can be found online. Non-Discrimination Clause. During the performance of this agreement, the bid recipient and its contractors and subcontractors shall not unlawfully discriminate, harass, or allow harassment against any employee or applicant for employment because of sex, race, color, ancestry, religious creed, national origin, sexual orientation, physical disability (including HIV and AIDS), mental disability, medical condition (cancer), age (over 40), marital status, denial of family care leave, or genetic information, gender, gender identity, gender expression, or military and veteran status. The bid recipient, its contractors, and subcontractors shall ensure that the evaluation and treatment of their employees and applicants for employment are free from such discrimination and harassment. The bid recipient, its contractors, and subcontractors shall comply with the provisions of the air Employment and Housing Act and the applicable regulations promulgated thereunder. (Gov. Code, 12990, subds. (a)-(f) et seq.; Cal. Code Regs., tit. 2, 7285 et seq.) Such regulations are incorporated into this agreement by reference and made a part hereof as if set forth in full. The bid recipient, its contractors, and subcontractors shall give written notice of their obligations under this clause to labor organizations with which they have a collective bargaining or other agreement. The bid recipient shall include the nondiscrimination and compliance provisions of this clause in all subcontracts to perform work under this agreement. Pursuant to Public Contract Code Section 22300, equivalent securities may be substituted for monies withheld to ensure performance of the contract. The Owner reserves the right to solely determine the adequacy of the securities being proposed by the Contractor and the value of those securities. The Owner shall also be entitled to charge an administrative fee, as determined by Owner in its sole discretion, for substituting equivalent securities for retention amounts. The Owner's decisions with respect to the administration of the provisions of Section 22300 shall be final and shall include, but not be limited to, determinations of what securities are equivalent, the value of the securities, the negotiability of the securities, the costs of administration and the determination of whether or not the administration should be accomplished by an independent agency or by the Owner. The Owner shall be entitled, at any time, to request the deposit of additional securities of a value designated by Owner, in Owner's sole discretion, to satisfy this requirement. If the Owner does not receive satisfactory securities within twelve (12) consecutive days of the date of the written request, Owner shall be entitled to withhold amounts due Contractor until securities of satisfactory value to Owner have been received. The project will require the prime contractor to be in possession of a valid, appropriate State of California Contractor's License. No bid will be accepted from a contractor who is not duly licensed in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 9, Division III of the Business and Professions Code. Bids will only be accepted from contractors holding a California Contractor's License Class C57. Effective January 1, 2015, in order to be awarded and to perform work on public works projects, prime contractors and subcontractors must possess and maintain registration with the Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) online. This is a separate requirement from the Contractors State License Board (CSLB) licensing requirement. See the Special Provisions for additional details. It is the Owner's intent that "plans," as used in Public Contract Code Section 3300, is defined as the construction contract documents, which include both the drawings and the specifications. The Ballico Community Services District reserves the right to select the schedule(s) under which the bids are to be compared and contract(s) awarded, to reject any and all bids, and to waive any and all irregularities in any bid. Each bidder is required to sign the attached Noncollusion Affidavit and submit it with his bid.